Good Monday from Central Carolina©. The Pool Is Open!!
(Substituting for Andy, who normally does Mondays, who normally would be substituting for Bill.)
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. -Elvis
Cheers: Elvis Presley hit the ground Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Miss. You might think he's watching TV in that Great Jungle Room In The Sky, but I happen to know that he is working undercover at a convenience store in Siler City. If you can't find him there, you can always go to Graceland. Or here, where the residents are more subdued.
Cheers: Stephen Hawking was born today in 1942 (Black Holes and Baby Universes). Scary Smart. And he has the snark gene, too:
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
More Cheap, Generic C&J below the fold.
I hates me some 1130 character limits for intros.
But now, something completely different:
Cheers: Today in 1941 Graham Chapman of Monty Python's Flying Circus appeared among us.
I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.
What John Cleese had to say at Chapman's funeral. We should all earn such an accolade.
Breaking!!!! Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Maybe. Or not. From a reliable source who got it from a somewhat less reliable source which shall remain unlinked.
[Side Note: At this very moment my ports are being scanned by SITA-Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques. Jeers to outsourcing domestic spying to the French! Taking jobs away from Patriotic, God-Fearing Americans! The General Will Be Pissed.
1815: The End of the War of 1812 (So good it gave us two songs.) The final battle was fought in New Orleans. The treaty ending the war was signed Christmas Eve, 1814, but no one got the memo. Heckuva job, Jackson!
In 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the "War on Poverty". That one is still going on.
Jeers: Statecraft Hit Bottom in 1992 when George Bush got a little queasy and blew sushi on the Japanese Prime Minister's lap. Dubya the Groper has since redefined bottom.
Jeers: Army Recruiters have reached a new low themselves. After having been caught signing up autistic teenagers, after being caught seeking criminals, and after upping the age limit for enlistees, the Salesmen in Green are going for the dead and wounded. Be All That You Can Be.
Cheers to letting the the 2BADs (Second Bush Administration) know every day in every way that the Iraq Fiasco is their problem to fix, not the Democrat's. They have to find the cure. The inevitable failure cannot be blamed on Democrats. No amount of Surge/Escalation will change that. It's a Constitution thing.
Jeers to attempted "before-the-fact" revisionism.
Cheers to Bill in Portland, Maine, where Santa's Butt and Liberty's Boob Beers are now legal. We can fill the Pool in style.
Cheers to Kossacks in the Pool. Bring Chips and Salsa.
Cheers to Diary Rescue.
Cheers to the Top Commenteers. Saving the wisdom and snark for those of us who actually sleep or work.
Jeers that Grissom might leave CSI. Sara will be inconsolable. As will Mrs. teeb.
And just for the record: David Brooks and Bill Kristol are full-blown, batsh*t crazy.
Optional Ready-to-Wear Reynold's Wrap Millinery: Negroponte is moved to State to free up Rice to take over as VP when Cheney is forced to resign for "medical reasons" (a bad case of cardio-subpoena syndrome).
Cheers³ to Nancy Pelosi. "Nancy Pelosi is a quick, smart, shrewd and tough politician. You don't get to be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives without possessing those traits and knowing when to use them." Raleigh News and Observer Editorial. Madame Speaker was good on Meet The Press Sunday morning. Too good to give them a juicy soundbite the Republicans might easily spin later. Walk softly and carry a big, honkin' gavel.
Cheers to Sen. Tim Johnson. Here's to seeing you up and at 'em soon.
Cheers to Molly Ivins.
The Jury Is Still Out For:
The Print Media and the Network News.
- Have they suddenly grown gonads?
- Or are they blowing with the prevailing winds?
- Or are they covering their backsides while searching for cracks in our armor?
- Waiting for Paris, Britney and the other Pop Tarts to show their asses again?
Jeers to the WingNut Blogosphere. Rabies has no cure. So tragic.
Lawyering Up:
No matter how you feel about it (And your opinion is very important to me. Really. It is. And I mean that.), having the concrete possibility of an Impeachment on the table is a Good Thing. I love it when NeoCons get nervous. Is there an Express Line for lawyers visiting the White House?
Jeers to the CryBaby Republicans in Congress. "The love you get is equal to the love you give." Now go stand in the corner and let the grown-ups clean your mess.
Today we start the first full week of a Democratic Congress.
Today we start the first full week of a Republican Whine-fest.
Let the hearings begin!!
The usual birthdays, etc. will be in the tip jar to follow.
What is it about which you are Cheering about?